The HUG...
an evidence-based, innovative, and family-friendly program to help the expectant and new parents you serve!
How might The HUG
benefit your hospital?
- Parent-child bonding is enhanced when parents can read their baby’s body language.
- The HUG teaches parents to notice what “Zone” their baby is in and to respond to a baby’s SOSs (Signs of Over-stimulation) which can interfere with feeding and bonding.
- Effective patient education promotes patient satisfaction.
- Satisfied patients refer friends and family to a facility.
- Satisfied patients enhance staff satisfaction.
- Satisfied staff are more effective and have greater job retention.
Ideas for incorporating The HUG into your hospital...
- Provide continuing education training for your nurses, childbirth educators, lactation specialists, and doulas. Programs are approved for CE credit.
- Include The HUG Parent Educational DVD on your newborn channel and in your hospital store. (English and Spanish versions are available).
- Use The HUG Parent Education DVD in class for expectant and new parents.
- Put The HUG DVD in the hospital gift bags new parents receive at discharge.
- Refer patients to The HUG materials: Website, Blog, and Newsletters .
- Provide Grand Rounds presentation for your Pediatric, OB, and Family Practice physicians and residents.
- Offer a community-wide presentation, "Reading your Baby's Body: Tools to Be the Mom and Dad You Want to Be" by experienced and engaging speaker: Jan Tedder, BSN, FNP.
“Amazing DVD and educational program! It captures the subtle ways newborns communicate and guides parents in how to interest and soothe their baby. The HUG is a gift for any new parents starting that parent-child relationship.”
…Dr. Barbara Howard, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Co-creator of CHADIS
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